CDC says life expectancy in US up, deaths not

U.S. life expectancy has risen to a new high, now standing at nearly 78 years, the government reported Wednesday. The increase is due mainly to falling death rates in almost all the leading causes of death. The average life expectancy for babies born in 2007 is nearly three months greater than for children born in 2006.

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WHO: Japan, San Marino top life-expectancy list

Girls born in Japan today are likely to live until the year 2095, some with a good chance of seeing the dawn of the next century thanks to the world's longest life expectancy.

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Japan, San Marino top life expectancy league

The World Health Organization says women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world with 86 years. WHO says men in San Marino have the longest life expectancy for their sex with 81 years.

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US life expectancy tops 78 as top diseases decline

For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life span.

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Women's life expectancy drops in some US counties

Women's life expectancy declined significantly in 180 U.S. counties, mostly in the deep South and Appalachia, between 1983 and 1999, according to a study being released Tuesday.

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US Slipping in Life Expectancy Rankings

Americans are living longer than ever, but not as long as people in 41 other countries.

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Life expectancies for persons "born today" are likely not as large as a recent study indicated, according to this article.

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Middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels face dying about 10 years before healthier counterparts, a study warns. The UK study looked at more than 19,000 civil servants aged 40-69 and traced what happened to them 38 years later.

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This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components.

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In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal "cradle-to-grave" healthcare coverage, to be accomplished through the complete socialization of medicine. The "right to health" became a "constitutional right" of Soviet citizens.

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To retreat behind a wall of overly drooling sycophants does not help Obama at this stage in the game.

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Canadians have a longer life expectancy - because there are 10 times more people in the US.

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"Let us close the springs of racial poison", on the signing the Civil Rights Act, this day in 1964. Has that racial poison been stemmed? (Poll)

July 2, 1964 was a landmark day in American history. Engineered by Martin Luther king and signed by President Lyndon B Johnson, the Civil Rights Act effectively swept away the second class citizenship of Black people in his country.

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(June 16) -- Men are 60 percent more likely to develop forms of cancer that affect both genders, and 70 percent more likely to die from the disease, British researchers found.Experts said the reason for the discrepancy wasn't a biological one, but a lifestyle issue.

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Residents of the small country of Andorra have the longest life expectancy on Earth "according to the latest U.S. Census Department estimates." This article considers possible reasons why.

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If you are a Canadian living in the United States, there is one lesson you learn very early on: avoid at all costs any discussion that involves health care. It's unwinnable.

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A study indicates persons who have slower reaction times live shorter lives, according to a Telegraph article about the study.

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Here are some good tips for increasing life expectancy and remaining healthy.

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Dramatic improvements in U.S. air quality over the last two decades have added 21 weeks to the life of the average American, researchers reported on Wednesday.

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Cleaner air over the past two decades has added nearly five months to average life expectancy in the United States, according to a federally funded study. Researchers said it is the first study to show that reducing air pollution translates into longer lives.

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Dramatic improvements in U.S. air quality over the last two decades have added 21 weeks to the life of the average American, researchers reported on Wednesday.

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The report underscores major difficulties in bringing assistance to people affected by conflict.

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Scientists believe successful tests in monkeys could prove a step towards a new type of drug to combat HIV.

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The health of older Europeans varies widely between countries, even in those with longer life expectancies, a report has claimed.

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A new German study shows that people who divorce die years sooner than others, putting them in company with smokers, the homeless, and the poorly educated.

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Life expectancy between the world's richest and poorest countries can vary by more than 40 years, a report shows. More Articles

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organization commission which on Thursday called for all countries to offer universal health care.

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The United States no longer boasts anywhere near the world's longest life expectancy. It doesn't even make the top 40. In this and many other ways, the richest nation on earth is not the healthiest.

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The United States of America is becoming less united by the day. A 30-year gap now exists in the average life expectancy between Mississippi, in the Deep South, and Connecticut, in prosperous New England.

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Americans, on average, have a higher tolerance for income inequality than their European counterparts. American attitudes focus on equality of opportunity, while Europeans tend to see fairness in equal outcomes.

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Whether you are on a first-name basis with your barista or simply refueling from the office coffee pot during the day, new research suggests that drinking coffee, even in large amounts, might help you live longer.

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